The promise of achhe din is only meant for the PM's industrialist friends and not for the poor, said the Gandhi scion.
'Captain Haneef-ud-din, pulling his sinewy body forward, crawled, rifle in hand, in the snow on 6 June 1999. He died on this craggy mountainside exactly two years after he had passed out of the IMA...'
The Telugu Desam Party, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam continued to raise the issue of the dam over the River Cauvery and special status for Andhra Pradesh in both the Houses. While the Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the day soon after it met at 11.00 am, the Lok Sabha saw repeated adjournments, but managed to pass the Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill amid the din.
Raja Sen lists movies that would work wonders for any generation lucky enough to see them on the big screen.
'It makes no sense at all to leave because I have my whole family with me.' 'My wife and children are citizens here.'
'A great loss for the fraternity. Your work will be missed & cherished.'
Satyajit Ray would have been a hundred years old on May 2. To mark the legendary film-maker's birth centenary, Rediff.com bring you a treasure trove of features from our archives.
"Articles 15(4) and 16(4) (dealing with provision for socially and educationally backward classes, and reservation) do not put any limit on the percentage of quota and there is no constitutional hurdle in increasing the same," Sharad Pawar said.
The video, which has been compiled using clips from RSTV, comprises statements made by the opposition MPs in the Upper House, with the words "farmer" and "Pegasus" in the opening lines.
'I knew one day I will explode if I don't get some sanity with making music.'
Quite a few Hindi movies have explored different shades of the landlord-tenant relationship in passing or purposefully.
Here's what celebrities had to say about Arun Jaitley's Budget.
Subhash K Jha lists the inimitable Mohammad Rafi's five most enduring romantic songs.
India's most vibrant festival is the perfect excuse for friends to flirt and foes to become friends again.
Congress vice president says people now laugh at Modi's promise of 'achche din'.
Rediff.com takes a look at the progress of schemes initiated by the government.
Chandrababu remarked that the whole nation was watching how each party was behaving.
He again assured farmers that the existing government support system for them will continue.
While we wait for Batra's latest to drop on Amazon Prime Video on February 11, Sukanya Verma looks at how Bollywood has dealt with affairs of the heart over the years.
Oppn members went into the area of treasury benches carrying a black banner, which demanded Shah's resignation, as Speaker Om Birla continued with proceedings of the House.
Omar welcomed the announcement of setting up of an IIT in Jammu and expressed hope that something similar would be announced for Kashmir to maintain regional balance.
'I went to Nagpur for my engineering. I used to model there, those amateur fashion shows. Then you know, I thought why not try my luck in films and all?'
The suave actor of the world, sometimes called the last of the Mohicans and familiar to students of cinema anywhere in the globe, acted in 14 Ray films and over 300 others, gracefully transitioning into commercial cinema in a variety of roles.
In a career spanning six decades, Chatterjee has acted in more than 300 films.
"Horse trading band karo (Stop horse trading of MLAs)," Congress members shouted from the well.
'You can presume that Modi and his party will now focus on the economy.' 'But then, there is the Jharkhand election next month, Delhi soon thereafter and so on.' 'And this isn't a political leadership that takes even a panchayat election lightly,' notes Shekhar Gupta.
Specially designated global terrorist Sirajuddin Haqqani, who carries a reward of $10 million US bounty on his head, is the acting interior minister while his uncle -- Khalil Haqqani -- has been named as acting minister for refugees.
Mee Raqsam touches on the sensitive issue of a Muslim girl's determination to learn Bharata Natyam.
'Rahane has so much experience, he shared them with us, offered us tips on how to bat'
Mostafa did not speak in the court, but flashed a victory sign as he left in a police car.
Later on while speaking to the reporters, Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari said the BJP legislators were forced to stage protest as there was no mention of post-poll violence in the speech copy circulated among the MLAs.
Because of the protest, Congress member Bhaskar Rapolu even refused to lay the Report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy.
'As a course mate who has followed closely this star on the Bombay Sappers firmament, my heart swells with pride to see his extraordinary brilliance and focus; his commitment and his dedication; his hard work; and his technical as well as tactical knowledge,' says Colonel K Thammayya Udupa (retd) of his batchmate General Manoj Pande who will take over as chief of the army staff on May 1.
On January 1 in 2018, violence erupted at an event to mark 100 years of the Bhima-Koregaon battle, leaving one dead and several injured, including 10 policemen.
'We are under pressure from officials and confined to our home while the media has also been disallowed from meeting us'
VVS Laxman inaugurated the newly-refurbished North Stand of the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in honour of former India captain and newly-elected Hyderabad Cricket Association president Mohammad Azharuddin.
In an editorial in its mouthpiece 'Saamana', the Sena doubted the mandate with which the Modi government came to power, alleging elections were won through money, misuse of power and tampering of electronic voting machines.
For women's hockey in the country, this result may well turn out to be a watershed moment.
